Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at HCA HOUSTON CONROE

504 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, CONROE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1962455816

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$96.28 with Texas Health Network vs $1,958.06 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $96.28
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $98.24
Liberty County Indigent LOCALGOV $98.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $98.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $98.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $98.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $98.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $98.56
United MGMCD $100.53
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $106.44
Molina Healthcare STAR $108.06
Molina Healthcare CHIP $108.06
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $108.06
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $108.06
Humana MCD $122.80
Superior Health Plan STAR $130.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $130.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $130.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $130.54
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $130.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $172.88
BCBS BAV $190.61
BCBS HMO $238.63
BCBS EPOSOA $243.07
BCBS PPO $247.50
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Cigna CSN $321.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $348.10
United OptionsPPO $382.91
Cigna PPO $413.37
Oscar HIX $424.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $443.83
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $515.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $515.62
TX Workforce Commission GVT $522.15
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $554.78
Aetna QHPExchange $576.54
Evry Health BroadNetwork $593.94
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna NBHMO $698.37
Aetna NBPOS $698.37
Aetna NBPPO $698.37
Aetna COMMPOS $744.06
Aetna COMMHMO $744.06
Aetna COMMPPO $744.06
Humana PPO $746.08
Humana HMO $746.08
BCBS Traditional $761.47
Imagine Health PPO $761.47
Curative Administrators COMM $870.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $870.25
Aetna OONHMO $872.42
Aetna OONPOS $872.42
Aetna OONPPO $872.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $935.52
Aetna ASAPOS $942.04
Aetna ASAHMO $942.04
Aetna ASAPPO $942.04
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $979.03
Averde Health Commercial $979.03
United GlobalAppendix $979.03
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,159.61
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,196.59
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,196.59
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,305.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,305.37
Independent Medical System COMM $1,305.37
Coastal Comp COMM $1,414.15
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,631.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,784.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,849.28
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,849.28
Physicians, INC COMM $1,849.28
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,958.06

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $974.85 $284.44 – $284.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $838.44 $172.58 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $838.44 $104.39 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $838.44 $97.56 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $838.44 $97.56 – $1,257.66

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